One Hears
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That the Army is to overhaul 65,000 vehicles.
That spares for them will cost many millions of pounds.
That Australia has made three income-tax reductions within a year.
That many cyclists have the erroneous idea that " Halt" signs are for motors only.
That there are still some drivers who regard white lines merely as funny marks on the road.
That "tunnel vision" means that a person so afflicted cannot see over an arc of about 180 degrees when the eyes are focused straight ahead.
That a fault with many drivers, particularly women, is to follow their signals too quickly, so that those behind do not receive sufficient warning of their intentions.
That the road hauliers in the U.S.A. claim that wide areas of the country would be condemned to economic paralysis if the railways succeeded in their fight.
That one-third of America's 3m. miles of highway are said to be unfit for traffic because the road system is administered by 35,000 different governmental authorities.
Of batteries that come into the gay young sparks category.
Of railway freight charges that seem to be "all done by mirrors" but reflect no credit.
That there is no appeal against the increases—not even an appeal to reason.
That the regular passenger demands a comfortable seat, whilst the casual one is glad of any seat at all.
That America is raising its annual production rate of synthetic rubber to reach 755,000 tons in 1951.
That the waste of money represented by time, fuel, tyres, repairs and accidents caused by our out-of-date roads represents a capital value of some £1,000 in Of those who think that the ornate bodywork of Belgian buses has a light, almost flimsy, look compared with the stolid coachwork favoured by some other nations.
That their large windows should, nowever, satisfy the demands even of the Man from Missouri.
From the vice-president of the Australian Master Carriers Association, that Continental and British transport is not ahead of Australian, but he gives fuil marks to London's traffic police.